
Ramp-Up Seminars
June 2, 2020
New Brain Research Institute Member Short Talks Part 1 (Hosted by Felix Schweizer; felixs@ucla.edu)
AGATHA LENARTOWICZ, Ph.D.
Departments of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
"Mechanisms of Attention Control, Its Failures & Applications"
PAVAK SHAH, Ph.D.
Departments of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
"From Structure to Function"
JESSICA REXACH, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Neurology
"Functional Genomics Elucidates Novel Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration"
June 9, 2020
New Brain Research Institute Member Short Talks Part 2 (Hosted by Felix Schweizer; felixs@ucla.edu)
ZIVA COOPER, Ph.D.
Departments of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
"Multitissue Multiomics Systems Biology of Complex Diseases"
XIA YANG, Ph.D.
Departments of Integrative Biology and Physiology
"Human Behavioral Pharmacology of Cannabis and Cannabinoids"
June 16, 2020
The Brain Research Institute 31st Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture (Hosted by Felix Schweizer; felixs@ucla.edu)
MICHAEL V. SOFRONIEW, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
“Essential Astrocyte Roles in Protectionand Repair after CNS Injury and Disease”
June 23, 2020
NOTE: The lecture will begin at 1:00pm
Brain Research Institute Endowed Term Presentation (Hosted by Gina Poe; ginapoe@g.ucla.edu)
Joanne and George Miller and Family Endowed Chair
MICHELLE G. CRASKE, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
“Neuroscience Informed Behavioral Treatments for Anxiety and Depression”
June 30, 2020
Brain Research Institute Endowed Term Presentation (Hosted by Gina Poe and Alapakkam Sampath; ginapoe@g.ucla.edu; asampath@jsei.ucla.edu)
William Scheibel Chair in Neuroscience
STEPHANIE A. WHITE, Ph.D.
Departments of Integrative Biology and Physiology
“What a Bird Can Tell You About Your Brain”
Carol Moss Spivak Scholar
PEYMAN GOLSHANI, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Neurology
“Breakdown of Spatial Coding in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy”
July 7, 2020
Brain Research Institute Endowed Term Presentation (Hosted by Ketema Paul and Felix Schweizer; ketema.paul@ucla.edu; felixs@ucla.edu)
Frances O'Malley Endowed Chair in Neuroscience History
JOEL T. BRASLOW, M.D., Ph.D.
Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
“Why History Matters: Understanding Psychopharmacology”
July 14, 2020
Brain Research Institute Endowed Term Presentation (Hosted by Felix Schweizer; felixs@ucla.edu)
Gail Patrick Endowed Administrative Chair in Brain Research
THOMAS J. O'DELL, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
“Properties of NeoHebbian Long-term Potentiation in the Hippocampal CA1 Region”
August 11, 2020
JSN Integrative Center for Addictions
NICOLE PETERSEN, Ph.D. (Hosted by Felix Schweizer; felixs@ucla.edu )
Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Dr. Edythe London
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
“Effects of Sex on the Cortex:Translational Neuroimaging of Male and Female Smokers”
August 25, 2020
Center for NeuroTechnology (Hosted by Felix Schweizer; felixs@ucla.edu)
NADER POURATIAN, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Neurosurgery
DEJAN MARKOVIC, Ph.D.
Department of Electrical Engineering
NANTHIA SUTHANA, Ph.D.
Department of Neurosurgery
“Center for Neurotechnology (CENT):Bringing together Clinicians, Engineers, and Neuroscientiststogether through Translational Science”
September 15, 2020
JSN Integrative Center for Learning and Memory Lecture
SHAN HUANG, Ph.D. (Hosted by Alcino Silva; silvaa@mednet.ucla.edu )
Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Dr. Weizhe Hong
Departments of Biological Chemistry and Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
“Cortical Representations of Conspecific Sex Shape Social Behavior”